11.   In summing up, the chief prosecutor acknowledged that the case was largely circumstantial.

12.   Prosecutors acknowledge that they had not been fully aware of the PARD issue.

13.   Prosecutors acknowledge, however, that Patterson did not start the domino effect that led to the collapse of Lost Dutchman and its scores of general and limited partnerships.

14.   Prosecutors gratefully acknowledged the contributions of both men last week.

15.   Prosecutors acknowledge that the passage of time will make it difficult to retry the case.

16.   Prosecutors acknowledge that investigators could have made a greater effort to identify Cano.

17.   Prosecutors acknowledge that the connections are circuitous, but make no apologies.

18.   Prosecutors have acknowledged that they had an informant at the ceremony, but have not said if it was Mercurio.

19.   She also said that the case against Torricelli rested on the word of Chang, who prosecutors acknowledged had many credibility problems.

20.   That prior abuse, prosecutors acknowledge, made it impossible to use medical exams as evidence in the sex-abuse trials.